<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Press Release - The Portland Trail Blazers claimed Nikoloz Tskitishvili off waivers today.Tskitishvili, 23, was selected in the first round (fifth pick overall) by the Denver Nuggets in the 2002 NBA Draft. The seven-foot from the Republic of Georgia has spent parts of four seasons with Denver, Golden State, Minnesota and Phoenix.Tskitishvili has NBA career averages of 2.9 ppg, 1.8 rpg and 0.7 apg in 172 games.</div>http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/412...li_off_waivers/
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Road Blocker @ Jul 10 2006, 08:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>They already released him? Maybe he was an unwritten part of the draft pick purchase from phoenix.</div>How would that have anything to do with it? He was waived end of story. He signed with Portland he was waived end of story. Besides McHale is the GM for the Wolves so no "unwritten" took place.
They get rid of one hopeless talent in Ha-Seung Jin and they pick up another one in Nikoloz Tskitishvili, doesn't make much sense to me.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Road Blocker @ Jul 10 2006, 08:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>They already released him? Maybe he was an unwritten part of the draft pick purchase from phoenix.</div>All you gotta say is "And he's waived", and wraps up the thread.
